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Algal blooms on coral reefs: What are the causes?
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[Extract] The recent paper by Lapointe (1997) on the causes of algal blooms on coral reefs was presented as a test of the hypothesis that the reefs of Jamaica and southeast Florida had exceeded a threshold level of eutrophication that resulted in blooms of benthic algae. We offer this critique to evaluate the logic and efficacy of the tests presented by Lapointe (1997).
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- Authors
- Hughes, T., Szmant, A. M., Steneck, R., Carpenter, R., & Miller, S.
- Venue
- Limnology and Oceanography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-08-24
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1583-1586
- ISSN
- 0024-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-5590
- OpenAlex
- W1539220176
- Cited by
- 228
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 14.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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